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Hevel Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
School pathway
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Hevel Elementary
Hevel Elementary's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hevel Elementary this school | 441 | 27.7% | 47.1% |
| Brown Elementary School NEW BOSTON | 434 | 29.7% | 42.0% |
| Parsons Elementary School ROCKWOOD | 418 | 27.0% | 51.2% |
| Grant Elementary School LIVONIA | 470 | 28.3% | 59.1% |
| Amanda Moore Elementary School ROMEO | 457 | 26.9% | 41.3% |
| North Muskegon Elementary School MUSKEGON | 406 | 27.8% | 48.5% |
Where Hevel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Macomb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #503 of 1,085 | #24 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #392 of 1,072 | #12 of 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #298 of 1,139 | #13 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #476 of 1,630 | #62 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #218 of 1,424 | #10 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #855 of 1,424 | #98 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,272 of 1,563 | #109 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #245 of 440 | #23 of 43 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 441 | 32.3 | 13.7:1 | 28% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 32.3 | 13.3:1 | 37% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 29.4 | 14.4:1 | 37% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 25.5 | 16.2:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 22 | 21.1:1 | 27% (127) |
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (413 to 441); teachers up 27% (25.5 to 32.3).
About Hevel Elementary
Hevel Elementary is an elementary school in WASHINGTON, Michigan, reachable at (586) 752-5951. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 441 students.
Federal data list 7 schools in Romeo Community Schools, with 5,293 students enrolled.
At Hevel Elementary, 84% of students are White. Other students are 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 75% White share among all Macomb County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
Hevel Elementary has 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The gap from the 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is 2.2 students per teacher. At Hevel Elementary, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 52% average for public schools in Macomb County is 24 points higher.
In Michigan, Hevel Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.1% actual against a predicted 54.0%.
For the population of Macomb County, median household income comes to about $77,837, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Macomb County counts 236 public schools with about 115,743 students.
Romeo High School is the nearest public school to Hevel Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Hevel Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hevel Elementary comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Hevel Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 441, from 362 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.1:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Hevel Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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